It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 386

The patriarch looked at the crowd of clansmen in the audience, and said, "I think everyone knows why I asked you to come to the ancestral hall today, right?"

"Patriarch, we have a rough idea."

"Patriarch, can you tell us the details?"

"Patriarch, how much do you have to donate to donate food? Is it based on one household? Or what?"

"The Patriarch..."

Su Zheng stretched out his hands and pressed down, motioning for everyone to be quiet, and continued.

"Because the frontier is unstable and the national treasury is empty, the imperial court has decreed that each household should provide at least fifty catties of grain."

"Wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, all are fine, of course wheat, rice and corn are the best..."

"Three days later, the yamen sent people to collect the food..."

When everyone heard the words, before Su Zheng finished speaking, they started making noises in the hall.

"What? Fifty catties? Return corn, rice, and wheat first? My family only has fifty catties of corn in total. I have handed it all in. What do we eat?"

"Yeah, fifty catties is too much, patriarch, our family doesn't have that much..."

"God, is this going to kill us? There is a war in the frontier, why do people in the disaster-stricken areas let us donate food? Why don't we go to the places where rich people gather in the south to collect food?"

"Yes, we in the north, when the weather is usually good, we will have enough food."

"Patriarch, fifty catties is too much, we can't take it out..."

"Even if it is taken out, the rest of the big family will starve to death?"

"・・・"

As the family members' discussions gradually became uncontrollable, Su Zheng stomped his feet and loudly "coughed" a few times, raising his voice.

"I also know that fifty catties of grain in this family is not rare, but this was notified by the government, and I was just a messenger. If anyone is unwilling, just tell the people in the government three days later."

"Okay, it's okay, let's all back down!"

After speaking, without looking at the astonished expressions of the clansmen, he walked out of the ancestral hall first.

Hearing the noise coming from the ancestral hall again, the Hua family and Su Rui looked at each other, and it was obvious that the other party wanted to say something, but knowing that this was not the place to talk, they didn't say anything.

Su Rui thought for a while, and invited, "Aunt Hua, Aunt Lin, Aunt Zhao, Sister Chen Kun and Sister Chen Dong, if you have nothing to do, why don't you come to my house for a while?"

Everyone had something on their minds, and they had no objections. They all followed Su Rui out of the ancestral hall, ignoring the increasingly heated discussions behind them...

Seeing Su Rui and her siblings coming back with guests, Mama Liu hurriedly greeted Xi'er, Xiaoshi and Xiaoxiang, made tea and put on snacks.

Su Chendong's daughter-in-law sat on the chair, looked at Xiaoshi and Xiaoxiang, busy serving refreshments to everyone present, then smiled and talked to Su Rui.

"Sister Rui, thank you for buying a girl for my family and helping us a lot!"

Upon hearing this, Hua also praised, "Yes, my Qiuxiang is very diligent despite her young age."

Mrs. Lin, "My plums are also pretty good."

Su Rui smiled and said, "If you think it's good, that's fine!"

At the same time, I was slandering in my heart, Qiuxiang?plum?This is a very vulgar name, but when I think of their original names, I have to admit that no matter how vulgar they are, it is better than the previous one...

Su Chendong's daughter-in-law said with a smile, "The maids of the two aunts are called Qiuxiang, Meizi? It's very good! It sounds much better than the big girl and the second girl..."

"I also changed my girl's name to Xiaoman."

Mrs. Zhao was very envious when she heard the words. She also wanted to buy a little girl to help with some work at home, but her father-in-law didn't speak, so she and the man dared not buy it.

Mrs. Zhao is so envious, let alone Su Chenkun's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zou is so envious. It's a pity that she can't even think about it if her parents-in-law and grandfather don't speak up... ·

Everyone chatted and laughed for a moment before returning to the topic.

"Girl Rui, what do you think about this? How much food do you plan to donate?"

Hua's face looked at Su Rui with a heartbroken face. Although her family is not short of food now, it still hurts to suddenly let her family take out dozens of catties of food for nothing.

Hearing what Mrs. Hua asked him, Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Zhao, Su Chendong's wife, and Su Chenkun's daughter-in-law all looked at him in unison.

Su Rui spread her hands helplessly and said, "Aunt Hua, what can I think? Didn't you say to donate at least [-] catties of food?"

"Then my family will donate fifty catties!"

"Well, as for what to donate, just donate corn?"

Hua thought for a while and said, "Then I will be like you!"

Mrs. Lin sighed when she heard the words, "Then my family will also have fifty catties of corn!"

Su Chendong's daughter-in-law looked at the two aunts, thought for a while and said, "I'll go home and ask the head of the house and my mother-in-law, but I guess I should be the same as Sister Rui and the two aunts! After all, my family only has corn and a small amount of wheat. There is not much rice left..."

Su Chenkun's daughter-in-law glanced at her mother-in-law, saw her lower her head in thought and said for a moment.

"My family should be more than yours."

Hua Shi and Lin Shi were surprised, "Why?"

Su Rui thought for a while and said, "It should be because of the patriarch's grandfather's identity, as the head of the clan, he can't donate the same amount as ordinary clan members, right?"

"That's it."

Zhao nodded with a wry smile. In fact, she has always felt that the status of the patriarch is not good at all. Everything is thankless. Her father-in-law is too decent and never takes advantage of the clan. Naturally, there are no other clans. The nourishment of the patriarchs...

It is really annoying to think that whenever something happens in the clan, the family must participate in it.

After chatting for a while, the Hua family and the others left. Su Rui thought about it and thought it was all right, so she called Mama Liu and asked Mama Liu to take Su Zhong and Su Cheng to the cellar, and brought out two bags of 25 yuan each. catties of corn kernels.

When Mama Liu was picking up corn kernels from the cellar, she saw new crops, fruits and vegetables, and calmly arranged for Su Zhong and the two to carry the two bags of corn kernels out of the cellar without even moving her eyebrows.

Like the man said, who doesn't have a little secret?In short, Miss Su Rui's family won't harm themselves, so just pretend that they haven't seen anything.

Su Rui watched Mama Liu carrying Su Zhong and the two of them carry the food to the main room, and then glanced at Mama Liu's unchanged expression, feeling surprised.

In fact, there is a lot of grain in the warehouse, but Su Rui still deliberately asked Mama Liu to go to the cellar to get corn kernels.She wanted to see how Mama Liu would react when she saw more food, fruits, and vegetables in the cellar.

She thought that Mother Liu would be surprised and would come back to ask her, but it turned out that her reaction was unexpected. Mother Liu didn't respond?It should be said that Liu's mother thinks it is normal?
She couldn't figure out why Liu's mother was like this, she thought about it for a while and couldn't figure out the reason, so she didn't want to. Since Liu's mother didn't find it strange and didn't ask, then let's live like this?
People, in fact, it’s fine to pretend to be confused once in a while! ! !
(End of this chapter)